The law of motion pictures (1918)

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INDEX 895 Dramatic Composition page cartoons, whether copyrightable as 538 common sources 568 infringements of 562-565 is a descriptive title 408, note rights of author, where motion picture based upon 1 scenario not copyrighted as 19-21, 540 Dramatic Entertainment a motion picture exhibition is a 338 motion picture held, in Sunday statute 397 when license required for 338-343 Dramatization Rights assignment of, carries picture rights 552 author of magazine article reserving 555 construing “presentation on the stage” 7 construing “dramatic version” 8 construing “all dramatization rights” 5-9 grant of “all dramatization rights” 5 grant of, does not necessarily divest author of picture rights .... 5 in cartoons infringed 582 in unpublished works 556 licensor may reserve stage rights „ 10 stage rights given subsequently to picture rights 9 time of grant important as showing intent 8-9 when in unfair competition with picture rights 1 5 when motion picture rights not in contemplation 2 when picture rights suspended 5 when suspension perpetual 7 when they include motion picture rights 2 Dramatize right to, under common law 495 Dressing-room actress hurt in 310 Drunkenness of actor. 163